In a long career spanning television, film and theatre, Collins was adept at playing an array of roles, all of which she infused with her trademark authenticity that indisputably earned her the status of a "national sweetheart" in the UK. Collins won plaudits in 1969 when she starred in the first series of the BBC comedy series The Liver Birds about the lives and loves of two young women sharing an apartment in Liverpool. "She will always be remembered for Shirley Valentine, not only for her Oscar nomination or the film itself, but for clean-sweeping all seven awards when she portrayed her on Broadway in the stage play, in which she played every character herself," her husband of 56 years and fellow actor John Alderton said.
Author: ABC News
Published at: 2025-11-06 22:42:50
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